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I stopped in for a late lunch with my wife and child and I couldn't have been happier with the friendly service, the tasty beer and the absolutely delicious food.Definitely worth stopping in if you are heading to Glenelg.

Ask Cayne A about PURE - Boutique Coffee Bar

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The coffee was good, but the service took very long - we wanted to have breakfast before going in to work, but waited a long time for the food to arrive. I ordered the veggie breakfast, but my poached eggs were very hard and I had to send it back and waited a long time again before my food arrived back (nicely soft poached eggs this time). Unfortunately the whole thing took so long that by the time my food arrived back my husband had had to leave for work and I ended up having breakfast on my own. My husband ordered the full breakfast and was served the most horrible sausages he has ever tasted - he couldn't eat them. He usually finishes off every morsel on his plate, no matter what it tastes like, so I couldn't believe that it was that bad. I had a bite to try for myself and it was so rubbery I couldn't swallow it, but had to spit it out in a serviette. I told the waitress once my husband had already left and she did apologise, but didn't really look concerned, so I'm not too sure if anything will change.

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Ask funfoodfriends about PURE - Boutique Coffee Bar

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Well designed and laid out coffee shop and bar serving good coffee, and modern Australian food (I've only had breakfast). The mushroom ragu stands out here as did the eggs cooked perfectly to my tastes.

I visited following two personal recommendations & on a Monday morning; the place delivered to a point. Perhaps the staff might be slightly less standoffish on another morning later in the week??

Lots of happy customers here. Good tunes, good atmosphere, and a welcome modern take with retro undertones.

Ordered the super expensive Pork Belly earlier in the week, as the menu did look so tempting.

Took a while to order the meal, as the staff are pretty flat out busy reading messages on their iPhones and punching in witty replies to their friends. After a gap in the phone tag convos, you are welcome to grab their attention and place an order. An unusual and novel approach to ordering, but such is the price of progress these days.

Over 40 minutes later the dish arrived, and I guess the kitchen worked some magic to take something that was obviously fried up the day before, and yet still managed to serve it up "barely rare" the following day. Thats quite the trick to pull off, especially with Pork.

Cutting a long story short, complaints to the management here are definitely NOT appreciated. Been slightly sick and off colour for the rest of the week. Thanks PURE for ruining my visit to Glenelg.

On the positive side, Pure has a great atmosphere, lots of space and free wifi. I will give them that at least.

The rest of Glenelg looks like a ghost town, barely held together with For Lease signs or loud banners proclaiming "50% Off" sales for those shops that somehow remain. Its a horrible shadow of its former self, and honestly not worth the price of a tram ticket to visit there at the moment.

Would whoever is responsible for managing this area please take note ? It could be so much more inviting with just a little bit of effort and common sense.

I have to make another trip to Glenelg on the weekend, so I will give the backstreets a go. Zest is always good fun, but its often packed. Anyone got any other recommendations ?

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Ask Anders C about PURE - Boutique Coffee Bar

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